The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-15
HEAT, RAIN AND CR0R.
THE WEATHER CROP BULLETI N
OF THE SIGNAL OFFICE.

A Temperature Below Normal in th0
States on the Atlantic-A Slight Ex-
cess of Rain In the Eastern Portion
of the Cotton Region-The Weather
Favorable for Crops on the Atlantic
WASHINGTON, Aug 14.-Folowing is the
weather crop bulletin of the Signal Office
for the week ending August Is. During the
week ending August IS, the daily average
temperature has been from g to g below the
normal in the States on the Atlantic coast.
1t has been decidedly warmer than usual in
the central valleys, the daily excess ranging
from g to s., and in the region from Texas
northward TO Nebraska the daily aver
age excess ranged from s. to 8.
In California the daily average temperature
was from g to z below the normal The
average temperature for the season, from
Jan. to Aug. IS, has been generally in ex-
cess from the AlleShenies westward to the
Rocky Mountains, the daily average
excess In this region ranging from l. to A..
The seasonal temperature has also been in
excess in the Middle Atlantic States and
Southern Now England but at all other At
lantic coast stations, and from Lake Superb
or westward to the Pacific coast the aver
age temperature has been slightly below the
normal.
RAINFALL
During the week the rainfall has been
slightly in excess in the drought region of
Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin,
Southern Michigan, Northern Indiana and
Eastern Iowa. Slight excesses are also re-
ported from Northwestern Missouri, East
ern Kansas Nebraska and Southern Min
nesota, and this morning general
rains are reported in the drought
region from Missouri and Iowa
eastward to Ohio In all other sections the
rainfall was less than usual, except in the
eastern portion of the cotton region, Eastern
Virginia and the southern portions of
Louisiana and Mississippi, where the rain
fall for the week was slightly in excess. The
large seasonal deficiency in rainfall pre-
viously reported in the western portion of
the cotton region and in the corn belt
| from Ohio westward to Iowa and
Missouri continues, although recent rains
have decreased this deficiency in the north
ern portion Of the corn belt. During tha
past four weeks less than % per cent. of the
usual rainfall has occurred in Southern and
Central Illinois, Western Kentucky South
ern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, Less
than 80 per cent. of the usual amount of
rainfall occurred in the States Of the upper
Mississippi Valley, and the greater portion
of rain reported in this section for the month
fell during the past week. In Western Min
nesota, Dakota and Nebraska and generally
in the States on the Atlantic coast, there
has been an excess of rainfall during the
| past month.
GENERAL REMARKS.
| The drought previously reported in the
| corn belt in the central valleys has been fol-
| lowed by general rains, and the conditions
existing this morning indicate that rain will
continue in this section, but the reports
from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ne
broska and Kansas state that the rains came
too late to cause marked Improvement in
the already injured crops. The weather has
been generally favorable for all crops in the
States on the Atlantic coast from Georgia
northward to New England, and reports
from Mississippi Arkansas and Alabama
indicate that sle weather for the week has
been favorable lor the cotton crop, although
this crop needs more rain in portions of
Tennessee and Arkansas.
Less than so per cent. Of the usual amount
of rain was reported in the tobacco region of
Kentucky and West Tennessee during the
past four weeks, During the same period
in Virginia over 20 per cent of tho usual
amount of rain occurred, and in North
Carolina, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
the rainfall for the month has been largely
in excess